12:56 AM,
Sep. 24, 2013

Linebacker Abigail Blythe closes in for a tackle during the Patriots game with the Colts in the Murfreesboro Football League.

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The Senior division of the Murfreesboro Football League is made up of four teams in the 12-13-year-old division.

And on one of those teams, the Patriots, one player is unique to the others. That athlete is a girl and the only female in the Murfreesboro Football League this season.

Abigail Blythe is a student at Siegel Middle School. She's also a linebacker and running back for the Pats. And her journey to the gridiron was one of always wanting to do what others said she could not. ...